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Date:      Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:19:44 -0400
From:      Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd@sentinelchicken.net>
To:        scuba@centroin.com.br
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Group size
Message-ID:  <20050811171944.GC2745@sentinelchicken.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0508111310130.19953-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.33.0508111310130.19953-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br>

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:14:28PM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 	I'm in troble here.
> 	Is there any limit to the size o each group in /etc/groups.
> 	I'm moving from a BSDI machine where I used to authenticate some
> services based on groups, but Freebsd 5.4  seem to be limiting it to
> arround 1300 characters.
> 	Sorry if it's a known issue but it's urgent.
> 
Are some of your users in many different groups? The kernel variable 
kern.ngroups sets the number of groups a user can belong to. Could that 
be an issue? I don't believe there is a limit to the number of users in 
a group. I know there was in the past, but I believe it was removed.

Jason



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